Improvement in combined plaster and pad



R. M. KENNEDY. Combined Plaster and Pad.

N. 215,931. Patented May 27, |879.

N. PETERS. PMoTLHHOGRAPNQR, WASHINGTON. n c.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

ROBERT'M. KENNEDY, 0F PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED PLASTER AND PAD.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,937, dated May 27,1879; application filed April 3, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT M. KENNEDY, of Pittsburg, in the countyr ot'Allegheny and State ot' Pennsylvania, have invented a certain ImprovedCombined Plaster and Pad for applica-tion to the human body, ot' whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

In the said drawings, Figure l represents the pad as detached from theplaster. Fig..2 shows the plaster as detached from the pad. Fig. 3 showsthe combined plaster and pad. Fig. 4 shows the application of theinvention to the breast. Fig. 5 shows the application to the back. Fig.6 represents, on an enlarged scale, a plaster and pad of theconstruction shown in Fig. 5.

Similar letters of reference show similar parts of the invention in allthe views.

A is the pad, which is a bag or cushion filled with certain herbs anddrugs. The opening of the bag is at u., and when the bag has been filledthe said opening is closed by sewing or otherwise.

B is a porous plaster, having an opening, b, for the reception of thepad A.

In Fig. 3 the plaster and pad are shown united by sewing or other'means.

O is a cloth or suitable article placed over the plaster', to preventits adhesion to the clothing of the person wearing the plaster and pad,and also for general convenience in handling and packing. n

In Figs. 5 and 6 a modified construction of plaster and pad is shown,for application to the back, as shown in the former figure.

The combination ofthe plaster with the pad enables the invention to beapplied to the bodyY without the use of strings.

In the present application I do not ref'er to the curative propertieswhich are claimed for the invention, since the invention as here claimedis buty for the mechanical combination only.

I do not claim the combination of an adhesive plaster with ahealing-plaster; but,

Having described my invention, I claim as new and wish to secure byLetters Patent ot' the United States- As a new article of manufacture, acombined plaster and pad, united for application to the human body,substantially as herein specified.

In testimony whereofl I, the said ROBERT M. KENNEDY, have hereunto setmy hand.

ROBERT M. KENNEDY.

Witnesses:

E. D. WEYBURN, ANDREW HUMBERT.

